Spending

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spending \Spend"ing\, n.
     The act of expending; expenditure.
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     {Spending money}, money set apart for extra (not necessary)
        personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.]


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spend \Spend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or
     dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See {Pendant},
     and cf. {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.]
     1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to
        spend money for clothing.
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              Spend thou that in the town.          --Shak.
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              Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not
              bread?                                --Isa. lv. 2.
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     2. To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
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              I . . . am never loath
              To spend my judgment.                 --Herbert.
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     3. To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to
        spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
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     4. To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a
        day idly; to spend winter abroad.
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              We spend our years as a tale that is told. --Ps. xc.
                                                    9.
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     5. To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away;
        as, the violence of the waves was spent.
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              Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst.
                                                    --Knolles.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spending
       n : the act of spending or disbursing money [syn: {disbursement},
            {disbursal}, {outlay}]